THK VrihI.'.NTF.EH.
oviu.ist.K, Thursday. august a, iaso.
. *T'iu -lij llrattoa, l£<llto4* uiid Pfopfiolort
iidumvcioNs. ,
fob cAsiiißijnssioNim,
WILLIAM T. MORISON, *
of Montgomery County
' . '/ FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
EHIRAIM BANKS,
df Mifflin County.
s FOB SCRVEVoiT GENERAL,
■J. PORTER BUAWLEY, ;
' - ■' of Crawford,Gounly. . ,
CC? OurffluuVks are due to the. Hon. James
of the U. S. Senate, lor a bound copy of
Ihe reporl or.the Secretory of tho Treasury in tof
’erehoe to the Commerce nhd Navigation of the
tJniied States for the year ending 30th of June,
. 1849. ‘
We loam.that liio contract for Ilia building of the
Bridge Across the, Yellow Breeches crock at Brooks*
mill, the boundary between Cumberland and York
counties, was awarded to Mr. Henry Church of this
county, ul the Commissioners Office, in tho Borough
of York, on the 3Ulh all., for tho sum of* $2,38!).
Tho onc-hulfof the coat is to bo paid by Cumberland
county arid the oilier half by York county.
. The Board of-Canul Commissioners, on Friday
last, unanimously appointed Gen; A. L.' Uoums'out,
Superintendent ol< the Philadelphia and Columbia
Rallruqd/iti place of Col. English, who resigned to
take effect Upon the. Ist of September pex^
•. Mr. Wise we ace it stated, did not succeed in mok.
Ipg an ascension on Saturday last, at Lancaster, in
.'consequence of the violent storm which raged at iho
timc. llis balloon, Wo uro informed, was consider
ably damaged.
Look Out! - Counterfeits on tub York Dank.t-
The Norristown Register of the 30lh ult., says (hat
three, moo.named Joseph Woodward, John Boyer,
and Robert'McOaty, were lodged in jail ut that place
on-Saturday last, charged with passing counterfeit
note*. They.were arrested ih Gwynedd township,
and alter a hearing wire committed to await their
trial. On Mooiday morning, Woodward was dis
charged upon a writ of Habeas-Corpus. The notes
passed were of tlio denomination of $3 and purported
to be. of the York Dank t in this State.
The counterfoil five dollar bills on Iho York Dank,
referred to above, do not resemble the genuine notes
but .'appear to have been printed from u counterfeit
plate on tho Harrisburg. Bank, altered. They may
easily bo detected by observing that iho words "Tho
.York Bank” ore placed in a.semicircle over thevig,
nolle. Those at all familiar with the genuine nates
are not likely to bo deceived by the counterfeits.
Rbsionation or Gov. CimTiNDEN.-rThe Ken*
lucky papers announce' .tho resignation' and ad*
dress of Got. Crittenden to the people of. the
Slated He expresses iho-hope that when he
takes his place in the Cabinet, he will be able to
assist jo quieting tho dissensions, between the
North and the South.
Death or Commodore Jones.— Commodore
Jacob Jones died in Philadelphia on Saturday
last, after a lingering illness. He stood nearly at
the head of the list of post-caplaina, two names
only taking precedence. OspL Jones, wa believe,
was a native ofDelaware. He is one of the
i)iimbe&who in the war of. 1812 contributed fo
establish the naval renown of our country. .He
fought In the Wasp one of (he bloodiest naval
battles in cur history, and captured in 43 minutes
the British brig of war FroIU of superior force,
and under circumstances highly unfavorable to
success. For this action the States of Delownre,
Massachusetts, and New York, oach voted him a
•word in commemoration of his gallantry, which
was in nc wise Impaired by the subsequent cap
ture of both,iho Wasp and the Frolic, when in a
crippled condition, by a British 71. Com. Jones
wds, but.reoenily, governor of the Naval Asylum,
on the Schuylkill, of the command of which he
had been relieved previous to his death.
\T|io' following article from the Penntylvanian is
*s appropriate in this county, as among (ho democracy
of. Philadelphia. It (peaks will) perfect confidence
of a" great effort now tecretly making to teeure each
nomineet for members of the Legislature at toouW
it turt to volt for Oen r Cameron for U, S. Senator
It states also that those who are "plotting to get him
returned to the place he was elected to by a success*
fulintrigao with our political foes, know right wof!
that they can succeed only by the most adroitly cul.
aulated manavtriug." Wo emphatically endorse the
following advice, “know your delegates, then, fellow
Dymoftrats. Do not thust to tug ritorcseioNs or
NGN." ,
Demeerata stand by your colors and rebuke this
against your rights 1
Ths Duty of (Ha Democratic Party.
. . On Monday next, at the hours appointed, by tlio
. regularly chosen Committees, the Democratic ctli-1
tens of this city and county, will bo called upon to
elect .delegates to the several Conventions, convened
•o-. place U) nomination candidates for City-County,
Congressional and ' Legislative offices. Wo'h ive
• repeatedly called tho attention of tho Democratic
meases to the high impor tance of giving thclo ptrton
. of attention to the selection of such delegates ns will
make it a point to placo In nomination none but the
most deserving and unexceptionable Democrats.—
.Tho groat effort now secretly making, is to secure
such.iiominecs for members of the Legislature in tho
oounljr, as would- bo auro to vote for Oonll, Caueiion
for U. 8. Senate. Of this we do not entertain a sha
dow of a doubt. lodbod, wo havo been apprised of
■bmo of the names which it is expected to pul on,
and of others which it ia expected to got off, by this
clandestine To arrest it requires only
union andtonergy. 14 la notorious that the ennrso
of Genera I Cu moron has not mot with favor In Phil
adelphia City and-County p and those who may bo
plotting; to gal him returned to tho ploco ho was
elected to by a successful intrigue with our political
foev, know right well that they can succeed only by
the most adroitly calculated msnamvrjng. Ilcpoc,
men will be all ready to run as delegate! to tho
County Convention, pledged to select such a ticket
for, members as will voto for Cameron. Know your,
delegates, then, fellow Democrats. Do not trust to
the professions of men';, but know that you have ro.
liabls.and honest Democrats to represent ydu; and
you cannot fail) U ii nob a very pleasant duly to
call attention to the trloka*of ambitions mon in our
own party; but there is no. other way. to admonish
the Democracy pf the dongar.that besets them.. They
V°- w I t«P«Medly warned in regard to the
United States Senator} and it will be their own fault
if they are caught napping on Monday next.
Ilu«»*NX> AN» Wive Killed utLioiiTmHo.—Mr.
George Rliinbergdr and wifo.of WarrlorsnlqrU lawn*
ship, Huntingdon county, were billed by lightning,
od Sundsy.ths 38lh uIU Thors had been quite &
heavy thunder storm, ,and when the rain had partial'
ly. ceased, Mr. Rumbergor.wonl'oul to open a passage
for the water, which waa doming up In the garden.
Ills wife followed him with hit coat, and h« stopped,
with liar under a large poplar tree to pul it on, when
the lightning struck tho tree, and instantly billed
both husband and wife. Five sma II children ore left
Otphuft by this afflicting dlspenislion of Providence
THU TAHIFF.
Tho annual croakings on tho subject of protection
are again commencing in bo hoard from the Federal
press. .Tim tariff of 184G'hn8< ! worked ..well fbr. tho
interests of tho country—undwhy disturb it? It
was predicted lhaf. il. not; prbdufco; aulHcieiU
revenue, but the result hup confounded the .Wisdom
of Tho wise tn their uw'o;co«iccil; Wo contend Thjrt
no candid man Can take up and examine fairly the
doctrine of protection, hnd its,effects uppnjboih gov
ernment and people, without,disCurding it as.a rank
and glaring political heresy. Many {pretend that
they have given tho subject a careful analysis, who
h.ivp road merely partisan effusions, filled will) The
vilest.political,prejudices. - Let them throw away.the
Whig newspapers, and resort to the standard authors
on political economy, and they Will risu from the pe
rusal wiser if not better men. /Wo'arc loo'apl to
take upon trust* what this or that, political leader
says, and > merely skim over tho Veriest trash pul
forth to tho world for the . purpose of concealing'
tho (ruth, instead of enlightening. tho public mind;
We should 'oxaminp the subject not for tho purpose
of fortifying, and sustaining ilic views of either po
litical parly,.but with un eye single to advancement
of a true policy, F«w public men hdvo the'nerve
for.this; Messrs Walker and Dallas, however, gave
us fine specimens of .the light, kind of.statesman'
ship, and contended for principle when They , wure in'
power, ri'gainst the.monopolists anjl advocates of pri
vilege hi both political parlies—for ninny Democrats/
uninformed ills true, sustained tho worst features
of the odions protective policy. Mujiy were perfect,
ty wild on,the subject of specific duties, by which
thu luxuries of tho rich wero.taxed far loss -than tho
necessities of. tho poor. Bui 'revenue or ad valorem
duties lax all articles according to their vnlUo. - The
adoption of the latter method of laying tlio duties was
Uio groat reform 'consummated by tlio tariff of 1846,
independent of the important reduction in the raid of
taxation. . Tlio tariff of 1813 was loaded with min-
imum and specific duties, by winch, on articlu how
ever low its cost, could not.bo taxed loss' (ban at a
certain rate. If it was. cotton cloth worth perhaps
(lirco cents a yard, it would not bo valued lets than
eight or ten at tho custom house for tho purpose
of assessing tho duly. In other .words u duly .was
ilcmnndod as if its real value was .ten cents—that
was its minimum, -Us least prlco for iho purpose of
assessing tho duties to bo paid. This,principle was
adopted in tho tariffof 1812 throughout, wherovet the
articles imported enmo in conflict.with domestic
manufactures, so that tlio great consuming class, the
agricultural interests of tho country* were, attached
to the tribute cur of the monopolists. If the Form,
sylvsnia delegation In Congress would havo agreed
to have supported tho tariff bill of 184G,.and assured
its passage, they might havo preserved a little of
(his inequality on Iho coal and iron interests of'lhis
State.' They however tnadb common cause with.the
Now England cotton spinners, and were obliged to
come down to the practical effects of the ad tolortm
principle In all Us* force. 1 .
But the great advantage derived from a reduction
of duties, Is tho increased trade it induces between
notions. 'i'ho-noarerybu approach tho'abolition of
all dutics tho moro extensive will be your commerce.
If you hayu perfect free trade, iho greater will be
tho demand for your agricultural products. We
glean from oulhentib public retards tho following
important facts in; rcfclcnco to the relative amount
of thq.cxporls of broad stuffs and provisions under
lha tariffs of 1842 and 184 G.
In 1845 when the tariff of 1812 was in operation
Iho exports from this coutry of bread stuffs and.pro
visions were $16,753,421. In 1849, when tho tariff
of 184 G wuq in.operation, they word $38,795,GG4, or
upwards of $22,000,000 more than in 1645. Those
exports aro the products ofugrlculluro in tho middle
and western Slates alone. They do not include tho
cotton and tobacco of the south and other domestic
articles, which' amount to (he additional sum for the.
latter year of $83,871,291. The.ycar 1819 was not
s year of famine. Clearly such facts aro a complete
refutation of ail tho idle talk wo, hear about the ba
lance of trade being against us, and tho sending of
the precious metals uut of the country to pay for im
portations. ' * - •
Under the tariff of 184 G then wo have an aug
mented revenue, a moro extended commerce, and a
largely increased demand for our agricultural pro
ducts. Shall wo then go back to tho dogmas of su
perstition and error 7—or shall wo advance (u a free
dom still more perfect, and moro in accordance with
tho march of knowledge, end the progress of govern
mental science 7 Let our motto bo ** .Exce/cter,",
TUB COMPROMISE.
Tho bill of tho Committe of Thirteen after a long
struggle in the Senate of the United Slate* (ids been
defeated—lima leaving-open all tho vexnd question*
of slavery In the territories, a* a bond of future con*
tention. .Those who supported tho mea&uro of coni*
promise deserve tho thank* of the country for thoir
disinterestedness and zeal in bchutf of the Union,
and to give quiet to tho nation from a long and im
prulitablceontroversy. Tho ultra* of both sections
of tho country, the Abolitionists of tho North, and
Nullificr* of tho South, have for the time defeated
this great measure of conciliation. Hut, tho diions
sion'uf the question we belieVo has done mucl*good,,
and served to enlighten publio sentiment. It was a
noble sight to soo tho great men of both parties, Gass
iand Clay, Webster and Foote, acting sido by side,‘in
1 an emergency, when the issues of party politics wore
1 swallowed up In a sense of common danger to the
stability oftho Guverninont itself. The malcontents of
tho Sunslc, those who IWo on sectional agitation,
who were elected by dissensions and divisions, wore)
oppossd of. course to any. measure that would glvoi
peace to the nation. I
I Another good has arisen from this discussion—nnd |
i that la the exhibition of the beauty and perfect cun*
' slUutionslUy of tho doctrine of mm intervention on
' the subject of slavery, promulgated in tho first in*
. stance by Gen. Cass, and so much ridiculed and des*
plied by tho Federalists during tho last Presidential
campaign. It appears now to bo settled as the only
true doctrine; Tho abolitionolnlin the power of
tho general government to exclude slavery in tho
territories, whllt the southern ultras, contend (hat
south of a certain lino slavery must bo recognized
and acknowledged. Thus both extremes nro pulling
weapons In each others hands fur evil, Tho Nullifl--
era by contending for tho establishment of slavery;
by the general Government, acknowledge tliuttho
power exists over the subject, which may consequent* |
\j bo wielded north to ozoluda slavery. This
wee always tho difficulty in our mind us to the Mis*
.sourl Compromise. It answered its purpose In its
day, but lt» lime hue gone by. It hover was a con
■tltdlionol‘mcasiire„but‘Wfte acquiesced in as iho.ttosk
thing to be done under tire then' existing circum
stances. , ,
It is llmo that- tho sovereignly of the pooplo in
their own-local and domestic policy, was fully ao
knowledgcd. The presumption of those who would
forco this or that measure of local concern upon a
pcoplo among whom their lot is not cast, should .bo
rebuked* Congress might as well past a law lOgu-
Ullng tho relations bstween parent and child, guar
dian and ward, os nno in rotation to master and scr
vant; !l Is a question With which Congress hoe no*
thing Ip do, except to ao declare In the faoo of tho
world. If they/have, then is tho general govern*
ment no longer one of limited powers, but an abso
{lute despotism, and tho rights of the. Btdtea anil of
tho people, which ore reserved, nro not worth'the
jiarclmionl on which they aie written,
DIR.~RUETT>SDIBUNIb?irSPE'ECII»’'' +
Tho Ledger of the 2'llh nil., contains an extract
of Mr. disunion spob'Chw /Thls islho speech
vi'iuoji upllo'd fotlhllio severe retort, of Henry Chy,
in the Senate, 'when Interrupted, by Mr'. Barnwell,
who Mtcinplo'l lo vindicate Iho.lraitqroUs sentiments
of Mr. Rliolt. Mr. C(ay'remarked that if Mr. Riiclt
used (ho Words, imputed Ip him and noted upon them,
, ho is a traitor, apd I hope ho-will, meet a traitors
doom.- Can' it bo.that Mr. Rholt:,haa been roared
and educated in the land whcrowaivcslciumphautly
tho American flag, and cry disunion 7 Can it bo
that he has lived in this country of renown, prosper*,
ily u.nd happiness, and dufes stand forth u self elected
-oliampion of treason,- and donounco it,, by culling
upon his countrymen to sever.the bonds which have
so long happily bemud this no\»le community ofeUlcs
together.?. Doe* he’suppose tho American people
arc so ignorant, and stupid, us to break assunder the
lies which, unite .thorn, and adhoro ■ to his fallacious
, whims 7, , Lot,him remember that our. constitution
was formed-whon thu, value of the Union wasapprCcia
lad, by reason of the surroundirig'dongcr. It is them*
suit of (he instincts of the luftiosl, patriotism. Thrca
ten what may, come what limy,.tho bonds of that
Union uro sacred in tho eyes qnd hearts of the
American people, cemented, os thoy'are by (ho blood,
of the Revolution,' 'They can never bo ruptured ox
cept‘by the urnid the commotions of ci
vit-war and intestine strife; Ail good citizens look
to the Union as tho ark of our safely. All good men
consider tlio peace of nations ns among tho choicest
blessings of a benificcul providence, tho-harbingcr of
security and plenty, and,will nut listen -to tho dug.
( uius of, a Rlicllor a Barnwell. Our,motto Is onward
and upward, and Mr. Rhclt cnn no more suppress
, tho true principles of. republicanism, by. preaching
' .such treasonable stuff, tlian Soulh Carolina could
subjugate (he North by tho sword. Tho gobjus ofdnr
■ institutions tolerates all sorts of opinion* among us*
There always htrve been, differences of opinion on
almost all subjects, and doubtless there will conttnue
to bo—but the wise, and the good of our notion will j
not suffer those differences to bo carried tboTur by i
hot brained political demagogues,; They mPy suffer |
them Kko Don Quixote, to erect, windmills fur (ho (
purpose of tumbling them down again, but they shall ]
not perpetratcihe disunion ofa government which was i
reared for tho purpose of forming a M mofo perfect Uni- i
on”—they shall not .so much disturb tho general I
welfare ” of a people whose constitution was-framed ;
to promote it, and which they (o defend, i
Let Mr. Rhelt remember that iho foundalions of our >
power. Ho deep in the hearts ofloyal -millions, who i
bear- upon their Allantcan shoulders'the frame of oar i
polity. ‘ i
■ la Ilia speech hd boasts of llio character of his
ancestors, and llio conspicuous parts they acted in
Revolutionary periods, both in. England and in this
country. No matter what may have been (heir mer
its, they cannotsavo him froiritho fame and doom
of a traitor, if ho persists in his disgraceful course.
Does ho presume that his influence is any greater
because his ancestors wero subjects of the scaffold?
Does he suppose that ho is possessed of such soul
stirring and electrifying power a» to instil, in the
minds even of the must debased’a roiish fur a broken
constitution, and a divided and unhnppy people ? It
would really oppear so. Wo'are loti) to pour.out
anathemas Upon the head of any man, but Mr. Illicit
merits tho BOVercsl imprecations.. lie is trying to
familiarize the public mind with tho sound of trea
son, and is anxious to be a bold pioneer in such infa
mous work.-lie appears to deeiry lhalhis naino shallbo
handed down to posterity ns a traitor to his country's
good and ft vile disturber of his country's peace. Does
bo reflect on the evils of disunion 7 Suppose his coun
sels prevail, what would be llio consequence ? Every
American heart instinctively shuddersal tho response*
A divided people, and lha} division cflbelcd per
petuated by unnatural prejudices ondblo'odjf con :
Hie (s between these who should be brothers, and who
aro brothers by.bloud, language, historical nffinl
tics and recollections and an endeared nnd sanctified
nationality.- A free people thus united, rent.in twain,
forming separate communities each exasperated by
the encroachments, imaginary or'reul, upon tho rights
of tho other, would be of oil spectacles that have been
witnessed in the nineteenth century the. most melan
choly and disheartening, The reminiscences of the
past would but embitter the present, and hold out
gloomy forebodings of the future i and (ho people of
the difissurod parts, slung by : the recollection of
wrongs, would bo mutually llio objects of dislike anil
hatred, would brood over their calamities until there
would bo stirred up nn. animosity terminating in
bloody wars, such as history has seldom if over re
corded . Tho fair soil of America would be drench
ed with blood shod by fraternal hands;' 7 Discord in
fernal would reign, son would be arrayed against
father, and brother against brother. ‘May’ Heaven
avert tho threatened calamity.
“ Oh ! far a (oiiffiio to curne tho iUvo,.
irt-aunn jfkw n deadly blight
Come* o'er tho councils of I ltd bravo
To blast Uiuiii in tho hour ol oiighU" .
TIID AVGUST INTEREST*
■Gen. J. M. DicUol, the Democratic Sidto Troasur*
or, paid, at tho Bank of rounsyivania, yesterday be
fore 1> o'clock. A, M., $930*908 61, the whole amount
of the interest on tho funded (Tobl bT.tho Common
wealth duo yesterday. Uy tho energstia cilurts of
the Stato Treasurer, tho whole amount had been con
verted into pur funds. and \vill bo paid to UioySialo >
creditors in specie, or funds at par in the city of Phil
adelphia. And this has been accomplished “without
tho mtccinUy of resorting to a temporary loan," or
of selling at a c/iicoarit tho funds. of iho Slate to
1 convert them- into par. Wo aro informed, that since
Gen. IV. entered upon iho duties of Slalo Treasurer,
ha haepaWf ttttho Treasury* to tho.creditors of tho
Commonwealth, and tho repairs of the public improve*
1 mvnl*,-a very considerable timt more than was paid
i during tho same time last year,'and npW has, at h)a
• command, to moot any demands upon.lho Treasury,
• over $550,01)0 00.
t In singular contrail with the course of Gon. nic
kel, in the psyniOni of the interest in specie funds,
reference may bo mado to tbo manner in which his
immediate predecessor, Gideon J. Dull, tho Whig
Ncckur, paid tho jntqr.est during his administration
of tho Treasury Department. It will bo recollected
(lint a great excitement was created in conscqabnco
of Ills having liquidated (ho interest with specie
funds j-nnd Mr. Gideon did not hesitate to boast
of it. hltnsolf In certain of his official papers. It
now (Urns outlhat that modest lad got four thousand
dollars just before he went out of qffice for. expenses
in exchanging money below par for specie funds, —
General Uiukol, however, exchanged all Ids depreci
ated funds without ono dollar** expense to the Slate,
and paid the whole amount Into the Pennsylvania
Bank yesterday. The contrast Is significant, and
may bo useful.— Venntyhnnian of. Friday,
Killed »v Lightning.—On Saturday ''after*
noon last, about 4 o'clock, the town of Ashland,
in'Delaware county, was visited by e severe thun
der storm, which resulted in the doath of three
persons. Wo nra informed Hint an nuctiou sale
wns being held at that place, ol which was n
large concourse of people, when ft flash of- light
nlpg struck and almost instantly killed Mrs, Ra
chel Dutton, aged about CO years j her eon, Mr.
Nathan Dutton, aged 30 years, and a man by the
name of Slaughter. Several others woro prostra
ted by. the tflioclt, some of whom,woro slightly
Injured. ■
THE PUESE?*'! 1 CABINET.
■ Mr./Fitlmoro ill tho seicctiuh of Ins cabinet has
not manifested .ihat judgment and. discrnmnnl, wo
w.ero led. to believe ho would. Judging.from.tho char*'
actor which had .been heralded of him by'the organs,
of his parly; wo' had ‘thought. at the present crisis
apd surrounded as ho is by unfortunate circumstances,
ho wouldlmvd paused a sufficient lirho to weigh ull
contingencies, cro ho elevated to such high stations
the men whom ho has taken to his cohfidcncb and
councils. This was particularly, necessary after tho
stigma which has been cast upon their.predecessors,
and adheres to (hem.as tho poisoned shirt of Ncssus.
Never since the organization of the government has
(hero it Cabinet retired vVitii so littlo honor, nay with
so mucli odium and .disgrace, us the one which lately
Hod from Jffio scenes of their, niul-adniinislralian.—
VVd say U not, with a partisan spirit, or as tho vo
taries' of tho Democratic parly, but from a conscious
ness trf a wrong done, in tho name of the people by
(heir chtisen agents in tho'high places of the govern
ment. •. . '
Probably at no prior period in.tho history of,this
nation, has tho chiuf magistrate stood in'somnch
need of counsellors possessing sound judgement and
lovo of country as at the’present. The momentous
questions now agitating the public mind require tho
firm and deliberate opinions of enlightened and pa
triotic men. 1 Tho affairs of.our.country arc thought,
by many to bo in a'critical situation, and wo may
without impropriety reflect os to the capacity or
willingness of tho nuwly appointed cabinet to dison*
tangle tho knotted chain of national difficulties; and
.devise measures adapted to the dmelgcncy.-/ We
desire not to ponder with Useless forobodlngs'on tho
fufuro. • 5
I Tho worst fcnluro'of tho present cabinet is the.
nppointment.of Thomas Corwin, uC Ohio, ns Secre
tary of tho Treasury, 110 is to bc.ono of tho Presi
dent’s advisors'for the residue of tho Presidential
term. 110 is to be one of (ho men who nro'to nnravel
tho mysteries of the Gnlphaniles. Ho may bo a
groat and good man in llio estimation of Mr. Fill
more, but in the view of his countrymen, the great
body of tho people, he could not' have made a more
unfortunate selection. Ho is'alike unpopular with
both parties, and was violently .opposed in the Seri
ate, ond would never have.received a majority had
noisome of (ho members retired, whieli procured
fur him his confirmation. We aro sorry to sco such
a man hold one thread of tho'many which go to form
the reins of government. An orator lie may be, and
vre believe is, but neither nature, nor education, has
endowed him * with'sufficient prudence ond btlio'r
necessary qualifications for attending properly to llio
duties incumbent upon Mini in his present responsible
position. 110 lacks moreover that enlarged patriot
ism. which is an essential element, and tho pride, of
every truo hearted American citizen. .
Mr. Fillmore may yet drink to the dregs of a bit
ter cup, made so by this appointment. Du it remem
bered Unit tho dastardly, and traitor like sentiments
oiice uttered by Corwin have not been effaced, from
tho memories of tho American people—-since the ul
terenco of which, his nariio has been odious to every
truo patriot. Tlio man whn could proclaim in his
official capacity,.in the American Senate,.the follow
ing language, Is not worthy of tho' most menial of
fice in the land, much less one so important as that
of a confidential advisor of tho Chief Magistrate.—
“ lYers la Mexican, as lam bn American citizen, !
would welcome your armies with bloody hands and
hospitable graves." Better, far bolter, to have adop
ted that other eontlmonh *' Mij country right 6r
wrong, my country.'.' Tho mail who could adopt and
promulgate tho former sentiment as ho did, could
oahnly, liko-Ncro, view (ho desolation of (ho land
of .his birth, and laugh at tho calamities of his coun
trymen., V.* ■ ,
Wo do nol ullogejfler liko the present mode of.
selecting candidates Tor United Slates Senator,
says the Cliambersburg Valley Spin'/, and wo
hope that tho next Democratic Convention which
assembles in Pennsylvania wilt reform ilm system
so far ha our parly is concerned. We. cars not
what plan tho opposition pursue.
When (he litno for electing a Senator comes
round,.(ho Democratic members of tho Legisla
ture meet in caucus and select the candidate.
Tho gentleman thus selected is (and properly too,
under the system,) regarded ns the choice of tho
entire party, when In fact nearly one half of-the
parly have had no voice or influence in tho selec
tion. fn a Democratic legislative caucus, the
Democrats residing in counties In which Whig
influences predominate, no Matter how largo the
Deinocratio vole and how small the Whig major
ity, havo no voice whatever in the selection of the
man who .is to expound their principles in tho
Forum of the Nation. The. choice is made en
tirely by .tho Democratic counties; in accordance
with! usage but in' violation of justice. Perry
county has a voice and a vote in the mutter;
wliilo Franklin with double, apd’ Lancaster and
Allegheny, with each troblo her Democratic vote,*
cannot speak In a whisper and have not a feather's
weight! In fad—to placo.the absurdity, of the
existing system still more prominently before tho
reader—'the sixteen or eighteen hundred Demo
cratic voters of Perry have a share in making the
(nomination, while the forty-fivo or fifty thousand
Democrats jesidihg. in the Whig counties in the
Siate aro allowed no part or lot m ill Is there
no room for reform hero, and should it nol speedi
ly come > .
la out opinion* tho nomination of, candidate*
for tho' Uiilicd Slates Senate ought to be Urhcn
Out of tbo hands of rnombors of iho Legislature,
and bo vested in the Stain Convention, to which
every county sonde delegates and where the whole
body of the Democracy is represented. What
say bur eolemporaries to this %
Tho Cholera, it seems, has made Us appearance in
Unionlown, in this Stale, and is proving very fatal.
A number of highly respectable people have fallen
victims, among whom wo regret to state, is John
Irons, Esq., editor of the Genius of Liberty, which
paper ha had conducted many years with marked
ability,’ Mr. Irons woe a staunch Democrat, a good
citizen, and an honest man. Ills sudden death.will
bo deplored by a largo circle of friends in his-own
county, and throughout the Slate. .
In Pittsburg the'prevalence of the cholera is be
ginning to create much alarm. From some unex
plained cause they have no sanitary committee to re
port a correct list of deaths, though tho cholera is
evidently Increasing. On Sunday there were thirty
interments. "This is perhaps a slight exaggeration.
The fatality appears to be confined principally among
tho germens and poor classes. The intemperate use
of vegetables Is tho principal cause.'
In Cincinnati the Board of Health report, for the
94 hours ending on tho slh Inst., CO interments, of
which 10 wore from Cholera, and 01 children under
5 years of ago.
Tub DeuucraoV- of Clarion’county, assembled In
convention on lho92)th ult., instructed their delegates
in favor of Gen. Seth Clover, for Congress; Maj Win
T Alexander, the Indefatigable editor.of. the Clarion
Democrat, for the Stale Senate; and Oupl R Laugh*
tin for liio Legislature, Those gentleman aru all
firm and indomitable Democrats, and tyould reflect
credit upon any oonslUucnoy., * *
NOVEriAROUMENT FOR A PARTY MAN.
; ,The editor of the Mercer' Press, who is himself
u candidate for/Oldngress, in ,lh6. Mercer district,
has undertaker! 19 justify the course of Cameron
and Wiltnot, and to-lake those,, to account _who
contend that tljtf■-first should not lift* returned to the
LT. y. {Senate, and-tiuil the second has- forfeited
all claim lb tho. name of a Democrat. The, pro*
.prkUy of the dlscussion- of the merits of. these
gentlemen, is manifest; for the one.is unmistake*
ably in (bo field by his friends for the Senate* and
the other looks forward to be returned to Congress
from tho Xllth district. It is.the duty,-then* of
the Democratic press to sound, the alarm. To
fail in this duty is to perpetrate a wrong upon-tho
people; and to evade it, is only ,a more censurable,
way of proving recreant to a plain trust.
If tho argument of itie editor of the Mercer
Press were brought home (0 himself, he would be
painfully convinced of its truo character. His
justification pf ihodisorganizlng course of General
Oanmron, who. svns elected by pledges to Whigs
'and ISativos, against tho regular Democratic can
didate for Senator; arid his apology 'for Wiltnot,
who went against Cass after being pledged lo go
■ fur him; who used his Proviso to protract the
•war, and who finally orraynl himself against tho
Democrats in the last House of Representatives
in Congress; both justification and apology’oan
be; ami may be, used against himself, should he
got tho nominaiion of-ihe Conference for Con
gress,. Indeed, this justification and this apology
may have tho very eifecl of producing discord and,
disorganization jn the district in which ho is a
candidate j for if the logio of tho Mercer Press is
true, then its editor, 6r any- other- Democrat, may
have a unanimous nomination, and bp opposed by
a volunteer, professing to bo a Democrat, in the
taco of pledges to'the contrary, and.who may be
clected by a majority purchased by corruption and
deceit.. If the sumo doctrine is followed oul. llie
attempt of such .a man, after his successful trea
son, to gel back Inlp.power, is not to he denounced
for fear of dividing thu parly!' We wish no
such sad experience, to the gallant Democracy of
tho Mprcer district- They have had troubles
enough- and to sparciand wo liopo they may be
harmonized upon a candidate who will,unite all
sect|ons of the parly. Hut this result is not to
bo produced by apologizing for.and defending two
of tho most thorough- disorganizes in our State,
at a moment, too, when they are boih again (de
manding favor at tho hands of the people," •
■ Pennsylvanian,
Tho North Carolina Election.
Wash t.noton,' Aug. 5.
By a despatch just'received from Norlh.CHruliria,
by ft.mcin.ber ol the House, I loam that the Demo
crats liavo gaiiiad 2,500 votes hi the comities ‘heard
from in North Carolina. Tho. Democrats have gain
cd six members of tlio Legislature.. The Legislature
will doubtless be Democratic. -
Mr. Bates of Missouri, who',bps been tendered
(ho appointment of Secretary of War in Presi
dent Fillmore’s. Cabinet, It is asserted, hasposi
lively declined; his reason ; for . so doing being
strictly; of a private nature, his said that his
legal practice is worth from twelve to twenty
thousand dollar* per annum* ..
Tile Cabinet;— rMr. Henry 8. Drier .has declined
tho Secretaryship of the Interior, Tie no
doubt, coming to the Senate. .. No Secretary of War
yet. Don. Scott answers admirable ad interim.
Duel m VmaiNU.—An altercation look place
at Portsmouth, Va., betwern n Dr. Brigl.il of (hat
place, and Dr. Wm. While, of Deep Creek,
when the former shot the latter badly in the cheek.
Thoy then departed,.
Fall op an Iron.. Railroad. Bridgr —Five
PiinsoNS Killed.— Wo learn from the New. York
Courier, who received tho‘intelligence from a
passenger by the last.'.lrnln, that the Ron. bridge
over tho .valley and crook about three miles and a
half,above Imckawaxen, on the New York and
Erie Railroad, had given way and precipitated
seventeen.cars, containing 100 head of cattle, 300
sheep and 200 hogs. Five men wero killed and
two seriously injured. Tho loss, is estimated at
§200,000. Tho accd(lenl occurred nrl VVednesdny,
nhout I o’clock. Thero were twenty-two, ears.
Though (lie locomotive got over tho tender
nnd fifteen cars .wore precipitated, into the ravine,
which was sixty feet wide and twenty-five fuel
deep. The ravine was completely filled up by
tho wrecks of cars and animals. The sixteenth
pair was reared on end, on the top of the.heap of
ruins. 'Fite cars which wont over pro said’’to
have contained about 100 head of cattle, 250 (mgs
and 730 sheep; in all about 1100 animals.'- The
cars, which wero going very rapidly, wero com
pletely shattered to pieces, killing or wounding
hundreds of the animals. The conductor of the
train, two brakemen and two drovers were buried
irt the ruins. The first was soon extricated.alive,
though badly wounded. Two or throe-of tho
others could bo seen among the. ruins and were
able to converse for an hour or two. One of
them was finally gored by an ox nnd another also
appeared to he dead. ■ Another- was still alivo and
calling forassislnnco.. Drink was handed down
to Idm, but he was buried so deep, that there was
little chance of his being got out alive. Some of the
animals wero unhurt, but the great mass of them
were killed or horribly mangled, having their
horns nnd legs . broken, and being wounded in
various ways by their struggling among them
selves.
Anotiirr llonniD Mukiibr in HitADKonD.—-\Vo
learn that a innn namod Honjainin Wilcox,,resi
ding in. Towanda township, Bradford county,
about two miles from the borough of TpvVanda,
killed his wife by ntahbing her with a' pocket
knife through the heart, on Sunday nlWnoon Inst,
at about 3 o’clock. Wilcox has been a very lm
temperate man lor many years', although very hu
mane. His Intemperance, however, caused a
separation between himself and wife some, years
since, the' lallof taking up her residence, with
some friend not far distant, with her two daugh
ters, and, ns it appears from the
this tragedy, occasionally doing some work for
him, such as making and repairing his clothes,
&o. • • . - * .
It seams that a few days previous to tho mur
der he had.carried somo cloth to his wife and re
quested .her to make so’mn pantaloons for him.
She assured him she would do so, If ha would
gel'them cutout; for ns ho wus often.dissatis
fied with the 111 of his garments she declined cut
ting them. Ho then left tier, and did not gn near
her again until Sunday, whan lie asked her if she
had made up her mind to cut arid make the gar
ment in question. She answered in tho negative,
whereupon ho replied (hat lie lind made up his mind,'
and immediately drew n knife and slabbed; her
(hroo times, one thrust inking effect in the henri
and causing her to stagger mid expire within a
very few seconds, A daughter who was present
and undertook to interpose hud her hand cut quite
seriously. Wilcox then rallied-the neighbors
living near by, informed them of whpt ho hud
done, and surrendered himself.immediately into
tho hands of tho Deputy Sheriff, .Who convoyed
him forthwith to jail.
But the tragedy, soul-revolting ns.lt is, ends nut
hero. Scarcely had tho Deputy Sheriff and his at-
turned their fares from the jail dopr tq,
depart, than tho prisoner was discovered liy a p.r
son who lingered behind, to be committing self
destruction, with another knifo, which he was
plunging rapidly into bis own breast. Ingress
was immediately made, and the weapon snatched
from Mm.although ,ho had succeeded in indicting
several wounds—ono of them through his lungs
—whioli it Is thought will prove fatal. Ho did
not, however, fully effect his object, and when
tho knlfb was wrested from him wo were told he
plead in the most beseeching tones to have it re
turned, that.ho might make \\ finish of himself at
onen. Un declared his unalterable determination
to kilt himself, and ho wanted tho privilege of
completing the deed then, that no further tioublu
might accrue. It is eoarboly necessary to add
that his request Was not complied with.*
Tho above particulars wo obtained from several
Towanda gentlemen, whom we met on Monday
Joßh—il/on/roK (/*«) Democrat, , ,
Ballobi* Ascensions
Tho following account of n singular Bull
Afioe’nßion, which look place in Paris, on the t** 1
ult., Is taken froni a letter .published in the M '
.York Courier. The letter is dAted Bth 0 f jJ*
and .the writer says::
Yeslerfiny t.waa-witness, as waa ail p a ,|, •
a balloon ascens,ion, which was perhaps 0
in the history, of mrostation, Margot aBtj“?
in'lB2o,' mounted upon a stag, hut both | lo ,
stag were ,in an ordinary car, Ysatordaji,
Foitein asoendod on horseback and withouta C a
The horse a fine and spirited young while animii'
was Suspended beneath lltq balloon, in the n| a e‘
usually occupied by Hie car. Bands passed h,
nealh the belly and, well secured, left the auiJi
in easy position, with the legs.free. M. Foitei„
clothed as a jockey, monnlod the horse, wl.irh
was saddled and bridled in the ordinary manner
and gavo ordo/s to cut loose. The horse seen,,!
loth to quit his mother earth,.and remonstrated a
little when be found tbal lio was being taken off
of his feet. Bnt otice in ’lhe air he-became aa
motionless as though ho. had been struck with
paralysis.. He. must, in fact, have been nota lit
tle astonished, and it probably was that astonish,
meat which struck' him dumb and motionless
They moved off and up rapidly, how hid, now
seen amidst the clouds in a north-east direction
Vie have not ycl had accounts of the descent ami
do not know whether it-was happily and safclv
effected,'■, , , , . 1
Standing CommiUcc 'Meeting,
Agreeably la previous public notice, the Standing
Committee of thu’Domocrnlio party of Cumberl.inJ
couhly, mot at of Christian UoJl’.
man, on SnturdayThOtlof.; August, ond organized
by tho appolnliitcnl of SAML. WOODDURN. Bin.
Uhalrmun, H- Giuium, Esq., Secretary, when
the following proW«#)g* wore had j
On motion,-’/fctfi^s^i/rhat'it bo recommended ( Q
thc.Dcmocrutic Voters of Cumberland county, ly mew
in their several Townships, Boroughs ond Ward? n\
I ho place of holding township elections, on Saturday
tholTlhuf August-instant, und elect between the
hours of two and six o'clock P. AI. of that day,i« 0
delegates from' each township, borough and Ward
and that (ho delegates thus elected, meet in Cohvcn*
lirm nl the Court House,,in Carlisle, on Tuesday tho
20lh instant, to nominate a County Ticket, appoint
Coygresslonal and Senatorial Conferees, ond perform
such other duties appertaining to said Convention.
That Wo recommend to said Convention
to, nominate no persons for membcrs'of (he Ltgisla.
tore who will not firsl.givo upledgo In writing, tlm
if wjll support tho Democratic oumli
dales who im»y be nominated in caucus by the Du. •
rnocralic members of life Legislature, for the oillccs
of United Slates Senator and Stale Treasurer. >
lUaolved, That we rccoirtmcnd to said Convention
to instruct tho .Senatorial conferees to nominate no
person for Senator who'will riot first glvo u similar
pledge. , , * '
Thai those proceedings, signed by the
ifiieers, bo‘ published'tinlil the delegare elections, in
iho Democratic p«pnr» of this county,’ ;
SAML. VVOODRUUN, Chairman.
- J. 11. Graham, Secretary,
/ ims». ,
'On Tiinriny .evening la.'i, of Soarlc't, Tuvrf, Am
Luba Krk.mkr, daughter of the Rev. A. 11. Kremer,
ol lliispl.icc, aged 0 years,’ . 1
. WASTED.
GOOD MEN, to locate or trovcl in each pf (lu>
£JO counties In-thls Slnte, to soil *‘Uilu)ortds P a «
lout Deo House, Uuo.iiiTe'and System pf Fccdiii"
Uei , H,' r . ; - 1 °
This is n recent and scientific plait of iico arrange,
ment, and must supereedo till others—it has, ivhcio
known. - I
Smart hhsinofcß men—lf, Mechanics, tha hotter—
will find this n good business for at.lend two year*.
To such, the whole or one half of a county righl.will
ho sold, •/
For description, take the cars and come to Lanens*
Icr; boo tins bees work. Cnll.ol my. room and seo
perfect models dTtho whole. - Address, pouf paid.
1 ,d. TL MAYNARD,
* ' ’ ' General Agl. for Pa,
Lancaster Atig. .B, IB6o— 3t*. w.-'-"
Tro'jricfiT
A N election will ho held lo blcct.Tblrlccn Maim*
rV gi;r« for thu Cumberland Vulley Mutartl Protec
tion Company of Dickinson township, (m Monday
tho 2d day of September next, nt tills O/Tico pf said
Company, m Dickinson township,. Buid Malingers
to servo ono year. Election to lie held between lliu
houia of I) o'clock, A. M. and 4 IL M.
A. 0. MILDER, Scct’y.
August 1850,—41
IDstiitu Police,
I. E PTERst or administration on iho rslntc of IV
j tor linker, Into of (he Borough of Mcciinniesburg,
Cumberland county, Pa., deceased,dm vq boon grniihii
by tho Register of »Jnid county to the subscriber, livii g
in Allen township, % cotfniy aforesaid. All persnis
indebted to H’lid estate; bio hereby notified lo nude
immediate payment,- nnd (hoeo.having claims to pn;
aeni them fur (settlement to
CIIIUSTIAN TITZIUi, Admr.
August s, isryp—6i«
To TcaclicrN.
. THE Board of Oiroc|ors of Dickinson District,
Cumberland county, will meet nttbebotiseof Mr..
V. - Shannon, (Stone Tavern.) in said District; til
I) o'clock A. M., on Saturday the Slat day of,An*
gust, for tho purpose) of examining ami suh-ptlng
14 Teachers, to lake charge of.lha Schotilaofsaid
District, for the epsuii'g term. By order of tho
Board. ‘ JACOB LEFEVEII,
Augnat.B, 1850—3 t •
MSX Or
*nVKttTil(El)tH TII*“VOt. , UKTKBa ,, BV*I , rOI»TMIH*T.
LIST OF tETTERS renmininit In llio I'mloffico
lit’ Curli.lc, IV, An*. U, .ISSO. ‘l’crtmi. m
qniring fur’letters on .tins list, will pluuio buy they
aro advertised.
Adamsjos 1 Ilippenhammer Jno
Armstrong .lames . Hanglueuling Chapman
Auokerman Henry ‘ Johnston Mies M«ry A
Aikln U VV .lullman Peter
BioscrJno 'Kearny Jno .
Bonder Miss Mary ' Kennedy L B
Burkholder Danlul Keekler Miss Mary .
Boyer Mlr-huel II■ ■ Kulandson Cyrua .
Brought Geo Klavi»r John
Ucmtly James Kallmek William
Cooley David T Lindsey Alexander
Hoover Jno 3 . McCoy Aim Eliott
Creamer David MeCarl Mlsj Mary
Chaney Bov U (} Met* Alexander
Colton Miss Momiy Abram -
Cbenneworih Rlxloh Melxel George
Cornian Mrs Nancy Obrien Mr Jim-
Creizn Jno; ’ Parker Mrs Andrew 2t
Coulter Robert Pease R 9 ,
Collins Abraham Dingwall Mrs Sarah
Carl Jacob Rankin Miss Margery
Cumborl’d ValleyMtt«\Rutlor U CD
Inal Protccthm Comp. Richardson Lorimla
Domercat Jacob G , Rohlftndor. Gudfried.
Dorslray llarroun Ranh Adam.
Eller Samuel , Snider Miss Mary .
Erwln ( Honry Smith Margaret
Foster Jno. Saxton Mias June
Frealy Thomas • Snider. Eugene
FurstGoo . . Sanders Hetty A
Fleming J Esq Sandora Aron .
Funk Christian S. Sangry Miss Susan
Fester Jno E Sullivan Jeremiah
Graf Lewis Hlcnorub , *
Gross Pfisailla Shaon'erJno
Grlor Samuel C, Shreiner Marlin
Graf Ludwig Tatp MUs Susan 2.
Gliimey Thomas Thompson IlonrieUa
GlpoJacnh Thompson Jan
Gibson Dies Trosilo Daniel , t *s ■
George Frederick Venasdlin Jho ’
llorr Christian Vaiimm Willio]»l?/ ' .
Havprsliclt Andrew Wunaker Mias l^i'/ u,u
Harn Miss ISllon Wagner Dr *
Howard J.PM . Williams Elizabeth
Holmes Mrs Stiann Woplaon R< ,B y™ ,
HackotMiss Allioe AnnoWrlghl Hov F O
Hamilton Douglas , Whotnighl Lydia i •
Hodyiuan Leonard N . lIANXC ,I„P. M.-